Americans know what they want; they're going to get it [View all]

By Sid Schwab / Herald Columnist

Well, that was disappointing.

Since I’ve been wrong about the essential goodness of the American people, I can only hope I’m also wrong about the consequences of Donald Trump doing everything he’s promised with all guardrails removed.

No checks, bygone balances. Elon Musk. Stephen Miller. RFK Jr., J.D. Vance in a couple of years. Tucker Carlson. A Cabinet of unqualified yes-people. Mass deportation (if your roof needs replacing, better get it done right away). Inflationary tariffs. The Department of Justice turned into a vehicle of vengeance; the military turned against protestors. America stepping away from Ukraine and, likely, Gaza and the West Bank; handing Europe to Russia. Pulling out of NATO? The United Nations, too? Outlawing vaccines, or just mandates. Eliminating Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Weather Service. We’ll see. If so, it won’t be only blue states that will be on their own when disasters strike.

Pregnant women will die. So will the free press. Science and education will succumb to calculated ignorance. Kids will get cavities. Measles. And, maybe, polio. Pollution will sully the land, which will warm even faster. These things the voters want and we must accept that.

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